"I grew up not liking my father very much. I never saw him cry. But he must have. Everybody cries."

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"I grew up not liking my father very much. I never saw him cry. But he must have. Everybody cries."

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"I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars."

E. M. Forster, English Novelist

Family, Mothers, Nations

"It's funny how two people can grow up in the same town, go to the same school, have the same friends, and end up so totally different. Family, or lack of it, counts for more than you'd think."

Sarah Dessen, American Author

Family, Identity, People, Life

"Mother is the center of the family, everyone else surrounds her."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Family, Mother, Center, Surrounds

"There's something wrong with a mother who washes out a measuring cup with soap and water after she's only measured water in it."

Erma Bombeck, American Journalist

Family, Mother, Water, Wrong

"Behind all your stories is always your mother's story. Because hers is where yours begin."

Mitch Albom, American Writer

Family, Mother, Story, Beginning, Life

"An excellent mother knows she has the beautiful life, and she is a big time programmer."

Jaachynma N.E. Agu, Nigerian Author

Family, Motherhood, Life, Programming, Knowledge

"If you don't have the support and love and caring and connection that you get from a family, you don't have much at all."

Mitch Albom, American Writer

Family, Support, Love, Caring

"My parents had three kids right after the Second World War, and we were all sort of sickly. Then I had a fourth sibling, with very serious asthma. The medical bills... So my parents always struggled."

Patti Smith, American Musician

Family, Health, Struggle, Truth

"I tell you, families are definitely the training ground for forgiveness."

Anne Lamott, American Author

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"Don't say negative things about your spouse and children."

Jaachynma N.E. Agu, Nigerian Author

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"I don't care what the religion is called; as far as I'm concerned, one God, the God I adhere to, is in charge of all of them."

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"The tastes of country music fans are not limited to the narrow range defined by consultants and programmers and record company moguls."

Music

"What qualifies me to tell people how to act or what to think? I'm Charley Pride, country singer. Period."

People

"No one had ever told me that whites were supposed to sing one kind of music and blacks another - I sang what I liked in the only voice I had."

Music

"It isn't reasonable to expect that everyone in the world is a country music fan. Not yet, anyway."

Music

"It used to be that if you had a pretty good record, you could stop by a station in Little Rock or Atlanta and let the DJ listen to it. No way something like that can happen now."

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"I was always a dreamer, in childhood especially. People thought I was a little strange."

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"I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars."

"It's funny how two people can grow up in the same town, go to the same school, have the same friends, and end up so totally different. Family, or lack of it, counts for more than you'd think."

"Mother is the center of the family, everyone else surrounds her."

"There's something wrong with a mother who washes out a measuring cup with soap and water after she's only measured water in it."

"Behind all your stories is always your mother's story. Because hers is where yours begin."

"An excellent mother knows she has the beautiful life, and she is a big time programmer."

"If you don't have the support and love and caring and connection that you get from a family, you don't have much at all."

"My parents had three kids right after the Second World War, and we were all sort of sickly. Then I had a fourth sibling, with very serious asthma. The medical bills... So my parents always struggled."

"I tell you, families are definitely the training ground for forgiveness."

"Don't say negative things about your spouse and children."

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"I don't care what the religion is called; as far as I'm concerned, one God, the God I adhere to, is in charge of all of them."

"The tastes of country music fans are not limited to the narrow range defined by consultants and programmers and record company moguls."

"What qualifies me to tell people how to act or what to think? I'm Charley Pride, country singer. Period."

"No one had ever told me that whites were supposed to sing one kind of music and blacks another - I sang what I liked in the only voice I had."

"It isn't reasonable to expect that everyone in the world is a country music fan. Not yet, anyway."

"It used to be that if you had a pretty good record, you could stop by a station in Little Rock or Atlanta and let the DJ listen to it. No way something like that can happen now."

"I was always a dreamer, in childhood especially. People thought I was a little strange."

"A black man singing about a blond girl was potential trouble."

"Performing is an experience, for me, that is as humbling as it is energizing."

"Redd Foxx was the same gruff old codger you saw on television."